Reto Caffi

A department store security guard is secretely in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. He frequently watches her via the store's video monitoring system and follows her onto the train. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him. Not being able to deal with his bad conscience, his formerly controlled life breaks down.
 

Directed by

Written by

Reto Caffi, Philippe Zweifel

Cinematography

Piotr Rosolowski

Editing

Thomas Bachmann

Sound

Andreas Hildebrandt, Kai Storck, Marc von Stürler

Music

Ivo Ubezio, Daniel Jakob, Oli Kuster

Lighting

Kacper Czubak, Norbert Modrzejewski

Casting

Kathrin Bessert

Cast

Roeland Wiesnekker, Catherine Janke, Leonardo Nigro, Hanspeter Bader, André Meyer, Julie Bräuning, Roland Bonjour, Florian Zimmermann, Yves Wüthrich, Fatmir Iseni

Original Version

Swiss-German/German (German subtitles), colour, 35mm, 30 min.

Production

Producer

Ute Dilger

Line Producer

Daniel Leuthold

World Rights

World Sales

Distribution
Switzerland

World Premiere

October 2007

Awards

• Houston, WorldFest-Houston, Grand Remi Award «Dramatic-Original» Category 2009
• Cergy-Pontoise, Festival international du court métrage, Prix du Conseil Général (2e Prix) 2009
• Brooklyn, Brooklyn International Film Festival, "Best Narrative Short" Award 2008
• Hamburg, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, "Innovationspreis" (Deutscher Wettbewerb) 2008
• Valencěa, Valencia Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove, "Luna de Valencia de plata" (Silver) 2008
• Paris, Les Lutins du court métrage, "Lutin du Meilleur Film Européen" 2008
• Hamburg, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, "Publikumspreis" (Deutscher Wettbewerb) 2008
• Los Angeles, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, «Honorary Foreign Film Award» Annual Student Academy Awards 2008
• Los Angeles, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 81st Annual Academy Award : Live Action Short Film 2008 (Nomination)
• Banja Luka, Kratkofil International Short Film Festival, Audience Award 2008
• Cork, Cork International Film Festival, Audience Award for Best International Short Film 2008
• Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Berner Filmpreis - "Bester Kurzfilm" 2008
• Belgrad, International Student Film Festival, Best Director 2008
• Tabor, Desinic, TABOR Film Festival, Best Fiction 2008
• Tirana, Tirana International Film Festival, Best Fiction Film 2008
• Algarve (Lisboa), Algarve International Film Festival, Best Fiction Film 2008
• Krakau, Cracow Film Festival, Best Film Award (Student jury) 2008
• Banja Luka, Kratkofil International Short Film Festival, Best Narrative Short Film Award 2008
• Landshut, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Best Short Film 2008
• Aspen, Aspen Shortsfest, Best Student Award (International Competition) 2008
• München, Int. Festival der Filmhochschulen, Beste Produktion Deutscher Film 2008
• München, Int. Festival der Filmhochschulen, Beste Regie Deutscher Film 2008
• Berlin, Interfilm, Bester Deutscher Film (Deutscher Wettbewerb) 2008
• München, Int. Festival der Filmhochschulen, Bestes Drehbuch - Luggi-Waldleitner-Preis 2008
• Ludwigsburg, Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis, Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis «Spielfilme mit einer Laufzeit zwischen 7 bis 30 Minuten» 2008 (Nomination)
• Berlin, First Steps Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis, First Steps Awards - Berlin, Bester Spielfilm (bis 60 Min) 2008 (Nomination)
• Ourense, Ourense Film Festival, Gran Premio for the Best Short Film 2008
• Tallinn, Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival, Grand Prix 2008
• Belgrad, International Student Film Festival, Grand Prix 2008
• Sapporo, Sapporo International Short film Festival and Market, Grand Prix (One Title Section) 2008
• Clermont-Ferrand, Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Grand Prix Compétition Internationale 2008
• Torun, Torun Film Festival Toffi, Grand Prix Golden Angel for the Best Short feature Film 2008
• Huy, Festival international des Ecoles de Cinéma, Grand Prix International 2008
• Brno, Sixteen International Competitive Festival of Short Fiction Films, Grand Prize – «The Head Full of Films» 2008
• Hollywood, CA, Angelus Student Film Festival, Grand Prize - Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award 2008
• Soria, International Exhibition of Short Films, Mejor Montaje 2008
• Lago, Lago Film Fest, Menzione speciale 2008
• Montecatini, Mostra Int. del cortometraggio Montecatini, Premio per il migliore attore 2008
• Poitiers, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Prix de la Photographie 2008
• Huy, Festival international des Ecoles de Cinéma, Prix du Public 2008
• Poitiers, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Prix du Public 2008
• Essonne, Cinessonne, Prix du Public du court métrage 2008
• Zürich, Prix Walo, Prix Walo (Filmproduktionen) 2008
• Madisz, Alternative Film Festival, Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs 2008
• Guanajuato, International film Festival In short Expression, Special Jury Prize for Best Actor 2008
• Montecatini, Mostra Int. del cortometraggio Montecatini, Special Mention 2008
• Vukovar, Vukovar Film Festival, Special Mention for Short Feature Film 2008
• Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize, Best Short Film 2008
• Zürich, Filmpodium der Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2008
• Lünen, Kinofest Lünen, Publikumspreis "Erster Gang" Wettbewerb 2007